Cravenspeed Shifter Shaft, Fiat 500, model years 2011 to 9999. Filed by Dlt, Llc and reported to NHTSA on 3 July 2019. 740 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says DLT, LLC. is recalling certain CravenSpeed Fiat Short Shifter shafts sold for use in 2011-2019 Fiat 500 vehicles. The Shifter Shaft may have been improperly manufactured with a through hole for the set screw rather than a blind hole, which may lead to the breakage of the Shifter Shaft.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 19E044 cover?
- Cravenspeed Shifter Shaft, Fiat 500, model years 2011 onwards.
- What is wrong with them?
- DLT, LLC. is recalling certain CravenSpeed Fiat Short Shifter shafts sold for use in 2011-2019 Fiat 500 vehicles. The Shifter Shaft may have been improperly manufactured with a through hole for the set screw rather than a blind hole, which may lead to the breakage of the Shifter Shaft.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the shifter breaks while the vehicle is in motion, it can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DLT has notified owners, and will provide a complete replacement shifter assembly with an updated shaft, free of charge. The recall began July 24, 2019. Owners may contact DLT customer service at 1-503-505-6886.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the shifter breaks while the vehicle is in motion, it can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 19E044 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DLT, LLC |
| System at fault | Power Train:Manual Transmission:Floor Shift Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 3 July 2019 |
| Model years | 2011-9999 |
| Vehicles named | CRAVENSPEED SHIFTER SHAFT, FIAT 500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the shifter breaks while the vehicle is in motion, it can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DLT has notified owners, and will provide a complete replacement shifter assembly with an updated shaft, free of charge. The recall began July 24, 2019. Owners may contact DLT customer service at 1-503-505-6886.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
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CarsMultiverse, recall 19E044, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19e044/
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- Defect summary
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